ISC BIND

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BIND is open source software that implements the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols for the Internet. It is a reference implementation of those protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and high-reliability applications. BIND is by far the most widely used DNS software on the Internet, providing a robust and stable platform on top of which organizations can build distributed computing systems with the knowledge that those systems are fully compliant with published DNS standards. BIND is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The name BIND stands for “Berkeley Internet Name Domain”, because the software originated in the early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley. In recent years, the word BIND has become, like “radar” and “laser”, more word than acronym. The DNS protocols are part of the core Internet standards. They specify the process by which one computer can find another computer on the basis of its name. ‘An implementation of DNS protocols’ means our software distribution contains all of the software necessary for asking and answering name service questions.

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This is the original implementation of BIND for the UNIX platform made available under current server platforms. I started working with it under Netware, LINUX and SCO XENIX. The current build of ISC BIND for the Windows server platform has much more versatility than GUI based DNS server and allowed our organization to deploy specialized name servers to our Intranet

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